James Wallace O'Connor (August 25, 1903 – October 11, 1950) was an American competition swimmer and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who played internationally for the United States at four Olympiads: at the

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

. In team sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics, a gold medal was won in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay event. With the national water polo team a bronze medal was won; he played one match. At the 1928 Summer Olympics bronze medal match, they lost to France. He played two matches and scored one goal. At the 1932 Summer Olympics they won a bronze medal. He played all four matches. At the 1936 Summer Olympics they won one and lost two matches in the preliminary group of the water polo tournament. He played all three matches. He was honored as the national flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. In 1976, he was inducted into the

USA Water Polo Hall of Fame The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in Irvine, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring players, coaches and officials who have contributed greatly to the game of water polo in the United States of America. It was established in 197 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnor, Wally 1903 births 1950 deaths People from Madera, California American male freestyle swimmers American male water polo players World record setters in swimming Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic medalists in water polo Olympic water polo players of the United States Stanford Cardinal men's water polo players Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1932 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people

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